This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

Before Metro, Washington had a robust streetcar network—and you see the remains of this infrastructure if you know where to look.

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."